Antibody-dependent cellular phagocytosis in antiviral immune responses

MZ Tay, K Wiehe, J Pollara - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Antiviral activities of antibodies may either be dependent only on interactions between the
antibody and cognate antigen, as in binding and neutralization of an infectious virion, or …

Antiviral monoclonal antibodies: can they be more than simple neutralizing agents?

M Pelegrin, M Naranjo-Gomez, M Piechaczyk - Trends in microbiology, 2015 - cell.com
Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are increasingly being considered as agents to fight severe
viral diseases. So far, they have essentially been selected and used on the basis of their …

Host genetics of Epstein–Barr virus infection, latency and disease

CJ Houldcroft, P Kellam - Reviews in medical virology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) infects 95% of the adult population and is the cause of infectious
mononucleosis. It is also associated with 1% of cancers worldwide, such as nasopharyngeal …

Role of platelets and megakaryocytes in adaptive immunity

G Marcoux, A Laroche, J Espinoza Romero, E Boilard - Platelets, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The immune system is comprised of two principal interconnected components called innate
and adaptive immunity. While the innate immune system mounts a nonspecific response that …

Alloantibody generation and effector function following sensitization to human leukocyte antigen

MJ Hickey, NM Valenzuela, EF Reed - Frontiers in immunology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Allorecognition is the activation of the adaptive immune system to foreign human leukocyte
antigen (HLA) resulting in the generation of alloantibodies. Due to a high polymorphism …

Genetic associations in classical hodgkin lymphoma: a systematic review and insights into susceptibility mechanisms

K Kushekhar, A van den Berg, I Nolte, B Hepkema… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2014 - AACR
Both targeted and genome-wide studies have revealed genetic associations for
susceptibility, prognosis, and treatment-induced secondary malignancies and toxicities in …

Human FcR polymorphism and disease

X Li, AW Gibson, RP Kimberly - Fc Receptors, 2014 - Springer
Fc receptors play a central role in maintaining the homeostatic balance in the immune
system. Our knowledge of the structure and function of these receptors and their naturally …

Functional homology for antibody-dependent phagocytosis across humans and rhesus macaques

J Pollara, MZ Tay, RW Edwards, D Goodman… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Analyses of human clinical HIV-1 vaccine trials and preclinical vaccine studies performed in
rhesus macaque (RM) models have identified associations between non-neutralizing Fc …

Functional Fcgamma receptor polymorphisms are associated with human allergy

J Wu, R Lin, J Huang, W Guan, WS Oetting… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Objective IgG Fc receptors (FcγRs) play important roles in immune responses. It is not clear
whether FcγR receptors play a role in human asthma and allergy. The aim of current study …

Fcγ receptors in solid organ transplantation

T Castro-Dopico, MR Clatworthy - Current Transplantation Reports, 2016 - Springer
In the current era, one of the major factors limiting graft survival is chronic antibody-mediated
rejection (ABMR), whilst patient survival is impacted by the effects of immunosuppression on …